Glasgow, Scotland’s CAMPFIRES IN WINTER is releasing a new three song EP “Picture of Health” in late September, but we wanted to first start off here by featuring an introductory piece from their demos...

The Oyster Murders’ name often raises curious looks from those hearing it for the first time, until they realize it derives from Lewis Carroll’s classic novella Through the Looking Glass. The band enjoys this...

Lectures is a fairly new group from Southeast England [Tunbridge Wells], who’ve released their debut EP a few short days ago. Its a brilliant first offering and we wanted to share the slowly unwinding and revelatory...

The release of Tape Deck Mountain’s sophomore LP titled SWAY will finally reach the public’s ear in its entirety on October 1st 2013. SWAY was written and recorded during principle member Travis Trevisan’s...

Newcastle, UK indie folk artist SUNTRAPP is an inspiring new talent that shows the promise of earlier emergent luminaries such as Nick Drake & Alexi Murdoch – straight out of the gate. He recently released the...

Australia’s Deep Sea Arcade have spent the best part of the last year living in the UK, soaking up the culture and imparting some of their own as they lay down their sophomore record, quickly creating the same buzz in...

We played a track by Brooklyn based Connecticut transplants Shake The Baron before their album was released last year. Now they have released the title track as a single with accompanying video, we thought it right to give...

The good people over at Manimal Vinyl have recently shared a new discovery from Australia; a very excellent song from the promising new album by Melbourne’s BUCHANAN. This album was notably produced by Catherine...

This is a second feature for the band Snooze, from Cordoba in Argentina. They sent us their latest single and the video to go with it, which they made with their friends from all over the world. We’re pleased to play...

[Reposting as the MP3 enclosure didn’t get through first time] Download IR: Canada #22 Subscribe Subscribe in iTunes https://insomniaradio.net/audio/IRCanada22.mp3 Band: The Little Black Dress From: Toronto...

Ukrainian band Colaars released their five song EP last year entitled “Wood Arsenal” and today we’ve got the track and accompanying video (directed by Lera Eklera) from this debut, “Black Fox”. ...

Formed in 2012 as a project to promote a tour, Indie Folk Artist Freddie Wilson, AKA Fountain Penn, collaborated with area Spoken Word artist and Slam Poet Donnie Welch to try and create a unique sound. This is from their...

In 2013, after joining the band Foxygen, Shaun Fleming left the green and golden fields of his hometown of Agoura Hills, CA to become the third roommate in a 700 square-foot, pre-war, closet-free Manhattan apartment. He was...

The Gray Havens are Dave & Licia. They say they make narrative-pop-folk-esque music, bringing adventure & truth & melody all together. Their new EP is available for free, check the links below. Vote for this...

Following up on our last feature from Toronto Canada’s RED NIGHTFALL in 2012 (the song ‘Windmills’ taken from their late 2011 self-titled debut), we are happy to see the indie rock four-piece returned last...

Seoul, South Korea based band ANGRY BEAR began as a two-piece in 2007, performing mostly acoustic sets, and slowly adding a few extra members while likewise ratcheting up the anger quotient and intensity. The majority of...

Renee Ruth is a man and a band. Backed by Teddy Oliver (guitar), Enrique Mancia (bass), and Chris DeRosa (drums), Montclair, New Jersey-born guitar virtuoso and vocalist Renee Ruth takes on rock ‘n roll with worldly...

Brooklyn DJ – THE BINS has a new album coming out September 4 called “Corrugations” but we really wanted to start off and introduce you to a song we heard not too long ago, the sample-laden track...

Described by some as ‘Veteran LA Indie Popsters’, and Insomnia Radio favourites The Black Watch are back after a three year hiatus with their sixteenth album (it it? we lost count) to be released on Austin TX...

A new solo EP, Potluck, arrived earlier today via Brooklyn based artist Stefan Weiner and we were lucky enough to get to spend part of this evening with it. Its solid from beginning to end with guest accompaniments done...

Based in a city known for stagnation and business as usual, Washington DC’s Drop Electric exists to break the mold. Drop Electric’s music is a manic barrage of soaring female vocals, distortion, tribal percussion, and...

We first played San Francisco based Yassou Banedict at the end of June, and they have released another single from their EP In Fits In Dreams which we’re featuring as today’s Daily Dose. Main Site | Facebook |...

This particular iteration of a music project named FLETCHER began in early 2012 as a basement collaboration between brothers from London, England [Oscar and Harvey Baker] and their Chicagoan friend Tom Fry. Fletcher’s...

Indie-Rock Seattle transplants, now Brooklynites, Motive released the first single Burn Down Brooklyn, from their upcoming debut full-length album coming out March 2014. The first track off of the LP features the...

I Think We’re Alone Now is the newest from New York City’s GROOMS, an excellent track via their label Western Vinyl. It’s taken from the forthcoming album coming in about a month: Infinity Caller. The band...

Another track from Austin, TX purveyors of advant-garde progressive rock, Halaska, who released their debut full length album entitled Mayantology in July. It is available in Austin record stores as well as the usual online...

Bradenton, Florida’s indie folk-rock band HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL are releasing their fourth full-length album “Fiction, Fact or Folktale?”, this September 10th through This Is American Music. The new album...

Dope Stars Inc are a band from Rome in Italy, who describe their music as Cyberpunk Rock. This is from their recently released album Ultrawired, available for free (under a Creative Commons Licence) from Jamendo  Vote...

Brooklyn psych-surf outfit Fishdoctor evolved from a bedroom studio project, with more expansive sounds added after their first EP in February 2011. Today’s introduction to the group comes from their lead-off track on...

Pissed Jeans are a Philadelphia based noise rock band originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania who are influenced by 80s hardcore punk and post-hardcore bands. They released their newest on Subpop this past February, which...

Brooklyn-based singer and producer Henry Ivry released his first solo work outside his other project, the duo Year of the Tiger in July. The three tracks of his eponymous release are available for free from BandCamp. Main...

Stefan Noons is a 23 year old solo multi-instrumentalist working out of Edinburgh, Scotland, who fashions his own blend of psychedelic, slightly folky, shoegazey dream-pop. He’s currently got two sublime tracks up...